Soft Robotics

Papers
(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 18. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Design and Control of Lightweight Bionic Arm Driven by Soft Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles139
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability126
Frictional Anisotropic Locomotion and Adaptive Neural Control for a Soft Crawling Robot90
Steering Muscle-Based Bio-Syncretic Robot Through Bionic Optimized Biped Mechanical Design88
Magnetic Soft Catheter Robot System for Minimally Invasive Treatments of Articular Cartilage Defects84
Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors82
A Soft Amphibious Turtle Robot with Flexibility and Omnidirectional Motion Ability Actuated by Multiple Bionic Muscles82
YoMo: Yoshimura Continuum Manipulator for MR Environment80
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications75
Model-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Soft Robots via Distributed Strain Sensing74
Optimal Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Multibody Dynamical Systems74
Soft Tubular-Surface Rolling Robots72
Advancing Soft Robot Proprioception Through 6D Strain Sensors Embedding67
Stiffness Tunable Magnetic Actuators Based on Shape Memory Polymer/NdFeB Composite for Segmental Controllable Motion66
A Collaborative Flipping Continuum Wall-Climbing Robot with Integrated Drive and Function64
Chemically Driven Oscillating Soft Pneumatic Actuation62
Biomimetic Octopus Suction Cup with Attachment Force Self-Sensing Capability for Cardiac Adhesion54
Human-Inspired Tactile Perception System for Real-Time and Multimodal Detection of Tactile Stimuli52
Double-Layer Self-Locking Origami Based on Opposite Folding Motion49
ZodiAq: An Isotropic Flagella-Inspired Soft Underwater Drone for Safe Marine Exploration49
Harnessing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Locomotion and Mechanical Intelligence in a Soft Robot49
Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Air-Based Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Pumpless Pneumatic Actuation46
A Passively Conforming Soft Robotic Gripper with Three-Dimensional Negative Bending Stiffness Fingers44
A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming44
Origami Actuator with Tunable Limiting Layer for Morphological Adaptive Soft Robots42
Selaginella lepidophylla -Inspired Multi-Stimulus Cooperative Control MXene-Based Flexible Actuator41
Improvement of Precision Grasping Performance by Interaction Between Soft Finger Pulp and Hard Nail41
A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities40
Hygromachines: Humidity-Powered Wheels, Seesaws, and Vehicles40
Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet Robot with Multifunction and High Output Force in Milli-Newton40
Ultrastable Soft Capacitive Tactile Sensor with Impedance-Modulated Signal40
A Variable Stiffness Bioinspired Swallowing Gripper Based on Particle Jamming39
A Holistic Indirect Contact Identification Method for Soft Robot Proprioception38
SoftSnap: Rapid Prototyping of Untethered Soft Robots Using Snap-Together Modules36
Toward Onboard Proportional Control of Multi-Chamber Soft Pneumatic Robots: A Magnetorheological Elastomer Valve Array35
A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva34
Far-Field Magnetic Sensing on Soft Origami Actuator for Spatial Multidimensional Movement and Force Perception33
Design, Modeling, and Validation of a Pneumatically Actuated Distal Segment for Endoscopy32
Closing the Control Loop with Time-Variant Embedded Soft Sensors and Recurrent Neural Networks31
A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot31
Enabling Tunable Stiffness, Adhesive Grasping, and Interaction-Driven Reconfiguration: A Shape-Memory-Polymer-Enhanced Fin-Ray Gripper31
3D-Printed Soft Sensors for Adaptive Sensing with Online and Offline Tunable Stiffness31
Electro-Thermopneumatically Actuated, Adhesion-Force Controllable Octopus-Like Suction Cup Actuator31
Dynamic-Based Path Planning and Locomotion of Tensegrity Robots Considering Environmental Interaction30
A Versatile 3D-Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design for Multi-Functional Applications in Soft Robotics30
Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field30
Bioinspired Vacuum Generation via Pressure-to-Vacuum Conversion for Manipulating all Phases of Matter29
Ultralow Voltage High-Performance Nanocellulose-Based Electro-Ionic Actuators for Soft Robots29
Soft Robot Proprioception Using Unified Soft Body Encoding and Recurrent Neural Network29
Tunable Soft Lens of Large Focal Length Change29
Adaptive and Robust Switchable Adhesion System: Bio-Inspired Synergistic Integration from Octopuses and Geckos27
Design and Motion Analysis of a Soft Modular Robot for Diverse Environments27
Tensegrity Robotics26
Reconfigurable, Transformable Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Tunable Three-Dimensional Deformations for Dexterous Soft Robotics Applications26
Trajectory Planning on Rolling Locomotion of Spherical Movable Tensegrity Robots with Multi-Gait Patterns26
Fluid-Driven Traveling Waves in Soft Robots26
Fin-Bayes: A Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Framework for Soft Robotic Fingers26
A Deep Learning Framework for Soft Robots with Synthetic Data25
Introducing the New Deputy-Editor-in-Chief25
HyReach: Vision-Guided Hybrid Manipulator Reaching in Cluttered Unseen Environments25
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics25
FluidicOscillation-BasedPneumaticActuationfor SoftLocomotionandGrasping25
A Fast Online Elastic-Spine-Based Stiffness Adjusting Mechanism for Fishlike Swimming25
Piezo-Wormbots for Continuous Crawling24
A Soft Growing Robotic Endoscope for Painless and Strain-Free Insertion24
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202324
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping24
Soft Robotics for Space Applications: Cryogenic Performance of Modular Metallic Cable Structures24
Nonlinear Dynamics Research of Ground Undulatory Fin Robot with Flexible Deformation and Frictional Contact23
Intentional Blocking Based Photoelectric Soft Pressure Sensor with High Sensitivity and Stability23
Design of a Wearable Real-Time Hand Motion Tracking System Using an Array of Soft Polymer Acoustic Waveguides23
The Walking Control of a Crab Biorobot in Amphibious Environment23
Bioinspired Swallowing Soft Gripper with Toroidal Optical Waveguides for Multimodal Interactive Perception23
Fin-A-Rays: Expanding Soft Gripper Compliance via Discrete Arrays of Flexible Structures22
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202422
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling22
Spikebot: A Multigait Tensegrity Robot with Linearly Extending Struts21
MorphGI: A Self-Propelling Soft Robotic Endoscope Through Morphing Shape21
Tuning the Morphology of Suction Discs to Enable Directional Adhesion for Locomotion in Wet Environments21
A Hybrid Anchoring Technology Composed of Reinforced Flexible Shells for a Knee Unloading Exosuit21
Optimal Design of Electrode Topology of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Based on the Parameterized Level Set Method21
Biomimetic Closed-Loop Control of a Novel Soft Gastric Simulator Toward Emulating Antral Contraction Waves21
Fluidic Multichambered Actuator and Multiaxis Intrinsic Force Sensing21
Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators21
A Soft Magnetic Jamming Method Enabling Variable Stiffness and Active Steering for Robotic Catheter21
A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper20
Prescribing Cartesian Stiffness of Soft Robots by Co-Optimization of Shape and Segment-Level Stiffness20
Biohybrid Behavior-Based Navigation with Obstacle Avoidance for Cyborg Insect in Complex Environment20
Shape and Tactile Perceptions of Soft Fingers via Distributed Curvature Sensing for Intelligent Grippers20
Soft Crawling Microrobot Based on Flexible Optoelectronics Enabling Autonomous Phototaxis in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments19
An Inchworm-Inspired Fast-Moving Micro Flexible Robot for Autonomous Terrain-Adaptive Exploration19
A Gecko-Inspired Robot with a Flexible Spine Driven by Shape Memory Alloy Springs19
A Reconfigurable Soft Helical Actuator with Variable Stiffness Skeleton19
Corrigendum to: Proprioception and Control of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator Made of a Self-Healable Hydrogel19
Whisker Sensing by Force and Moment Measurements at the Whisker Base18
Engineering Magnetic Soft and Reconfigurable Robots18
A Fast Bipedal Biohybrid Crawler Driven by Single Muscle Swinging18
Kirigami-Inspired 3D Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Multiple Deformation Modes for Soft Robotic Applications18
Multifunction Robotized Surgical Dissector for Endoscopic Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: Preclinical Study and Evaluation18
Magnetic Continuum Robot with Intraoperative Magnetic Moment Programming18
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